Sand-box for street-cars



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GEORGE H. HATHAWAY, OF FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAN D-'BOX FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 291,341, dated January 11884.

Application filed November 16, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HATHAWAY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Fair; haven, in the county ofBristol and State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented new and useful asseen in operation when applied to'a horse- U car. Fig. 2 is a plan Viewof Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a plan view, showing the stops which prevent the sand from passingthe valve. Fig. 4 is a reversed view of the cams and gate, showing thesprings for operating the gate. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of Fig. 3on line 31 y, showing spring, gate, rod, and camfor operating. Fig. 6 isFig. 5 reversed, showing where the rods connect to the valve. is asection showing the ratchet and handle for operating thedistributingvalve. Fig. 8 is a reverse view of Fig. 7.

A is the sand-box, which may be made of wood orlnetal, of any convenientsize. These sand-boxes may be located under the seats of i a horsecar,on both sides of the car, and between or in front of the wheels.

B is the delivery-pipe for conducting the sand from the box Ato therail, with bell shaped mouth I).

G is a cam, and C C O are crank-arms.

D D are rods by which the crank-arms and 4o cam are operated.

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J is a tunnel,which has a large mouth, and resembles the grocers tunnelfor dry groceries.

K K are concave pieces of metal, and prevent the sand from passing theend of the valve.

a a are rods connecting the valve and cam.

12 b are the bell-shaped mouths of pipes.

b is a concave flange, and prevents the conductingpipe B from beingchoked with mud or sand in wet and freezing weather.

Operation: The within-described sand-box being constructed with gate,tunnel, flangepipes, and other devices, as herein described, itsoperation may be noted as follows: By revolving handle F the bottom ofthe triangular box A, by means of the shafts, rods, and cams, is openedthe length of the box, and the sand falls into the tunnel J, and itsgravity causes it, in striking the inner surface of the tunnel, to beseparated and shaken, scattered, and whirled in the tunnel, falling fromit equally distributed through the conductingpipes onto the tread of therail, as will be seen. The ratchet g secures the handle F, and, throughthe connections, the valve H in any desired position.

In this invention I do not confine myself to any particular proportionsof box or tunnel or other devices for operating or for sandingrailroad-rails, or for scattering sand, as any other suitable substancemay be used instead of sand.

\V hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The within-described sand-box for sanding the rails of railroads,constructed with gate, hopper, and tunnel, as herein shown, locatedunder the seats, between or before the wheels, over the rails, withother devices for operating it, all combined and operating as and forthe purpose set forth and described.

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Fitnesses:

J NO. DAVIS, J AS. W. HATHAWAY.

